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32221 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.2 (Matthew Henry)
… sad character that is given of them ( Micah 7:4 ), that the best of them is as a brier, and the most upright is sharper than a thorn-hedge; it is a dangerous thing to have …
32222 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 906.4 (Matthew Henry)
… large characters, so that he who runs may read it, that those who will not allow themselves leisure to read it deliberately may not avoid a cursory view of it …
32223 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 909.5 (Matthew Henry)
… distinguishing character of the people of God that they are the meek ones of the earth; this is their badge; it is their livery. They are modest, and humble, and …
32224 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 910.2 (Matthew Henry)
… God should permit it to be so; yet so it is, to show that the law made nothing perfect; but if this be the true character of Jerusalem, as no doubt it is (for God’s judgments …
32225 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 910.3 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character given of the city in general. How has the faithful city become a harlot! 1. She shames herself; she is filthy and polluted ( Zephaniah 3:1 ), has made …
32226 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 910.23 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s kingdom among men. Black and odious characters have been put upon those assemblies; and this is a burden to all those that have a cordial concern for …
32227 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 911.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of a special messenger from heaven, when the word of the Lord had been long precious (as when prophecy began, 1 Samuel 3:1 ) and there had been no open …
32228 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 921.16 (Matthew Henry)
… excellent character of him as a prophet ( Matthew 11:29; Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart ), and no less so as a king. It was a proof of this that, when he made …
32229 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 923.13 (Matthew Henry)
… than God had made it. The description here given of the foolish shepherd suits very well with the character Christ gives of the scribes and Pharisees, Matthew …
32230 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 925.4 (Matthew Henry)
… that character, and, after that, there arose many false Christs and false prophets, and deceived many, Matthew 24:11. It is here foretold, (1.) That false prophets …
32231 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 926.20 (Matthew Henry)
… and character of holiness shall not be so confined as formerly. Holiness to the Lord had been written only upon the high priest’s forehead, but now it shall …
32232 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 927.23 (Matthew Henry)
… , though God would not, pretending to be more indulgent than he was, for which he will give them no thanks another day. (2.) The character given of such worshippers …
32233 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 928.12 (Matthew Henry)
… our character?” Note, The consideration of the unity of the church in Christ, its founder and Father, should engage us carefully to preserve the purity of the …
32234 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 929.15 (Matthew Henry)
… different characters (as ever were, and ever will be, in the world and in the church), like Jeremiah’s figs, some very good and others very bad, some that plainly …
32235 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 929.23 (Matthew Henry)
… their character was; it was the reverse of theirs that spoke so much against God; for, (1.) They feared the Lord —that is the beginning of wisdom and the root of all …
32236 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 929.29 (Matthew Henry)
… man’s character will be both perfected and perfectly discovered, every man will then appear in his true colours, and his disguises will be taken off. Some …
32237 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 930.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the character here given of it.
32238 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 930.3 (Matthew Henry)
… :32. God, that has perfect knowledge of every one’s character, knows who are the proud, and of every one’s actions, knows who they are that do wickedly; and they …
32239 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 931.18 (Matthew Henry)
… often God’s Anointed ( Psalms 2:2 ). Under this character he was expected: Art thou the Christ —the anointed one ? David, the king, was anointed ( 1 Samuel 16:13 ); so was …
32240 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 932.37 (Matthew Henry)
… another character: it was their martyrdom. How early did persecution commence against Christ and his kingdom! Think ye that he came to send peace on the earth …